Center C
Same inputs as tackle, with slightly more emphasis on Senior Bowl + Pro Day testing.
Likeliest career, by the outcome model.
How many centers land in each career bucket as the model's single most likely finish. This is a different question from the board grades below — a prospect can be a Day 3 grade and still have “starter” as his likeliest outcome. The tails (elite, bust) are where the model separates; the middle two buckets sit close to a coin flip.
The board.
All 7 centers with a draftable grade on Draftanomics's 2015 board, tier by tier.
The top shelf is bare: no center in the 2015 class earns a blue-chip grade.
The first-round shelf is one name deep: Cameron Erving out of Florida St., pegged at No. 31 overall. The drop behind Erving is the story — Andy Gallik does not come off the board for another 20 picks.
The Day 2 tier runs from Andy Gallik at No. 51 down to Ali Marpet at No. 88. Mind the gap after Marpet: Max Garcia is next, and he is 26 picks away. No red flags either — the tier's worst bust number is just 13 percent, from a model that reads centers well.
Three centers carry a Day 3 grade, and Max Garcia heads the group at a projected No. 114 overall. And the floor is solid: the bust model, reliable for centers, clears everyone here.